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Old Country Town

from Songs From Life Part 2 by Dave Shiflett

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A trad song from Turn Your Heart. I botched the second verse lyrics.

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Old Country Town

There’s a place I go in the country
When nobody else is around
Down a long road that cuts through a cornfield
And leads to an old country town

In that town lives a girl name of Sally
With straw in her long auburn hair
She once loved me so sweet and tender
The best days of my life were spent there

But I wanted gold in my pockets
I wanted jewels on my hand
I got all I was after
But now I want Sally again

In the late nights we’d walk through the meadow
And count all the jewels in the sky
She’d hold me so tight in her hayloft
And hide all the tears in her eyes

There’s a place that I go in the country
When nobody else is around
All alone with my gold in my mansion
Far from my old country town
All alone with my gold in my mansion
Far away from my old country town

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from Songs From Life Part 2, released June 17, 2023
Recorded at Bruce Olsen's studio in Richmond, Virginia. Engineer: Adrian Olsen, with assistance from Alexandra Spalding. Tripp Johnson on mandolin, Skip Andrews on bass, and a cameo appearance by Kim Borchard on banjo. Alex also supplied harmony vocals.

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Dave Shiflett is a lifelong journalist and writer, musician and, more recently, a composer. He has created a dozen CD-length recordings of songs for female and male vocalists, and another six for solo guitar, orchestra, and chamber ensembles. Most of that music will be archived at this site over the next several months. ... more

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